Most frequently called Fontur, Langanesfontur is the outermost
part of Langanes A lighthouse, first built 1910, is located
there on a cliff about 50-70 m. The current lighthouse is from
1950. Significant sea accidents have occurred at Fontur the last
one during the fall of 1907. Then a Norwegian vessel went down,
coming from Jan Mayen with 17 people on board. The ship stranded
at the tip of Langanes. The entire crew drowned except one. He
made it to the cliff and stayed overnight in a cavern but was
able to climb up to the cliffs edge the following day.

That was considered
to be quite a feat. Most of the bodies were found in the sea
under the cliff. They were transported to Sauđanes and buried
there in one grave. In the north side of the cliff and close to
the lighthouse is a rift in the rock called Engelskagjá (English
rift). It is said that a crew of an English ship, which stranded
a long time ago under Fontur, made it to shore and up the rift.
The story is the source of the rift's name. On their way to the
nearest farm all the men died due to being cold and tired except
the captain, the only man to survive A cross still stands
between Skoruvík and Skálar, where the bodies of the men are
believed to have been found and buried. On the cross is written,
"here lie 11 English men".